A Central Florida Senator will be pushing the Florida Legislature to ban texting while driving. It is expected that the proposal will be taken up during the 2010 spring session.
Texting while driving is significantly more dangerous than drivers that are under the influence of alcohol.
In a report made by the U.S. Department of Transportation an estimated 6,000 people died on Florida roads in 2008 due to electronic devises including cell phones.
It has become a generational issue, where texting has taken over the phone as the primary communications medium for teens. In a study conducted, 94 percent of teens use their mobile phones to text, where 54 percent send more than 500 text messages per month.
Last spring a high school student slammed into the back of a police car, although there were no injuries, there was approximately $3,000.00 in damages.
Last year a woman 26 and another woman 37, died when struck by a truck driver, who had reached for his cell phone in order to text his office.
Eighteen states have now banned texting while driving. To date Florida has no laws that ban the use of cell phones while driving. New Legislation would prohibit, the reading, typing and sending of electronic messages while driving, resulting in a nonmoving traffic-violation. If legislation is passed and a ban is placed on driving while texting, a violation of law will more be no more than a civil infraction.
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